The multifunctional roles of vegetated strips around and within agricultural fields. A systematic map protocol

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haddaway, Neal Robert ^a   Brown, Colin ^b   Eggers, Sönke ^c   Josefsson, Jonas ^c   Kronvang, Brian ^d   Randall, Nicola ^e   Uusi Kämppä, Jaana ^f  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agri environment; Agricultural management; Agricultural policy; Agricultural pollution; Buffer; Buffer strip; Filter strip; Mitigation; Vegetative strip

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983035880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-016-0067-6     Document Type: Article

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